Experimental Toxocara cati Infection in Gerbils and Rats
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 331-333, 2010.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-62041
ABSTRACT
Mongolian gerbils and Wistar rats were inoculated orally with 240 and 2,500 Toxocara cati embryonated eggs, respectively, to evaluate the larval recovery in different tissues and organs, such as the liver, lungs, heart, kidney, and skeletal muscles after 5, 30, 49, 70, and 92 days post-infection (PI). Larval recovery rates were 1.7-30.0% in Mongolian gerbils on days 5-92 PI and 0.2-3.8% in rats on the same days. These results indicate that Mongolian gerbils and Wistar rats are suitable experimental paratenic hosts for the study of neurological toxocariasis as well as visceral toxocariasis.
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Main subject:
Toxocara
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Toxocariasis
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Gerbillinae
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Rats, Wistar
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Animal Structures
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Disease Models, Animal
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Histocytochemistry
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Microscopy
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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